Major Pub Companies

Pub operators urged to keep policies on e-cigarettes under review

17-Oct-2013 By Phil Mellows

Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices – which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke.

Livebookings secures two major pub group accounts

13-Aug-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Online reservation facility Livebookings has further consolidated its presence in the pub sector with two major contracts.

BIS: ALMR "deeply disappointed"

24-Nov-2011 By Gurjit Degun

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has expressed “deep disappointment” at the news that the Government has decided not to regulate the behaviour of the major pub companies.

Enterprise and others trial i-draught

07-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team

A number of major pub companies, including Enterprise Inns, are trialling the Brulines i-draught technology that has been a major success in the...

Nine out of 10 pubco codes ready for deadline

23-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Major pub companies should all have their codes of practices accredited by the end of the month, according to the BII. The government set the...

Opportunity knocks for hosts

17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team

The current economic crisis is providing better conditions for tenants as pubcos adjust their business strategies to survive, says The PMA Team.

Pubcos absorb brewers' price hikes

25-Sep-2008

Major pub companies are pulling out the stops to help struggling licensees by absorbing the price hikes from brewers. Admiral Taverns and Punch...

Pub Business the place to be

16-Apr-2008

Have you ever thought of owning and running your own pub? Would you like to see your name above the door of your very own licensed outlet? Well, a...

City stands by for flood costs

01-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team

Uncertainty surrounds the precise cost of the floods to the major pub companies as they struggle to assess the level of damage. One City analyst,...

Pub companies' five-year pledge on smoking

09-Sep-2004

Five major pub companies have dramatically ramped up the pressure on the rest of the industry on smoking by signing up to a joint policy on the...